Volume 50 | Number S1 | August 2015

Enhanced Hospital Discharge Data

Statewide Hospital Discharge Data: Collection, Use, Limitations, and Improvements

Roxanne M. Andrews Ph.D.

Enhancing Clinical Content and Race/Ethnicity Data in Statewide Hospital Administrative Databases: Obstacles Encountered, Strategies Adopted, and Lessons Learned

Michael Pine M.D., Niranjana M. Kowlessar Ph.D., Jason L. Salemi Ph.D., Jill Miyamura Ph.D., David S. Zingmond M.D., Ph.D., Nicole E. Katz M.P.H., Joe Schindler B.A.

Transformative Use of an Improved All‐Payer Hospital Discharge Data Infrastructure for Community‐Based Participatory Research: A Sustainability Pathway

Jason L. Salemi Ph.D., Abraham A. Salinas‐Miranda M.D., Ph.D., Roneé E. Wilson Ph.D., Hamisu M. Salihu M.D., Ph.D.

Incorporating the Last Four Digits of Social Security Numbers Substantially Improves Linking Patient Data from De‐identified Hospital Claims Databases

James M. Naessens Sc.D., Sue L. Visscher Ph.D., Stephanie M. Peterson B.A., Kristi M. Swanson MS, Matthew G. Johnson M.P.H., Parvez A. Rahman M.H.I., Joe Schindler B.A., Mark Sonneborn M.S., Donald E. Fry M.D., Michael Pine M.D.

Risk‐Adjusted In‐Hospital Mortality Models for Congestive Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Value of Clinical Laboratory Data and Race/Ethnicity

Eunjung Lim Ph.D., Yongjun Cheng M.S., Christine Reuschel M.S., Omar Mbowe Ph.D., Hyeong Jun Ahn Ph.D., Deborah T. Juarez Sc.D., Jill Miyamura Ph.D., Todd B. Seto M.D., John J. Chen Ph.D.

Improving Hospital Reporting of Patient Race and Ethnicity—Approaches to Data Auditing

David S. Zingmond M.D., Ph.D., Punam Parikh M.P.H., Rachel Louie M.S., Daphne Y. Lichtensztajn M.D., Ninez Ponce M.P.P., Ph.D., Romana Hasnain‐Wynia, Scarlett Lin Gomez Ph.D., M.P.H.

Using Record Linkage to Improve Race Data Quality for American Indians and Alaska Natives in Two Pacific Northwest State Hospital Discharge Databases

Kristyn M. Bigback M.P.H., Megan Hoopes M.P.H., Jenine Dankovchik, Elizabeth Knaster M.P.H., Victoria Warren‐Mears Ph.D., Sujata Joshi M.S.P.H., Thomas Weiser M.D.